Ugandan police have arrested five Makerere University students and the Mayor of the capital city Kampala, while offices of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) were sealed off Thursday morning to stop planned protests against the removal of presidential age-limits.

The five students were arrested after teargas was fired to disperse dozens who joined planned march from their campus in Kampala to parliament to petition the speaker against the removal of presidential age-limit.

The Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago was also picked up from his home and sent to the Kira police station over plans to march from the city hall to the city square with other city leaders to campaign against the removal of age-limit, local media Daily Monitor reported.

The police also sealed off the offices of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) to prevent them from staging a similar march to parliament in order to petition the speaker against the proposed amendment.

They published letters sent to the police days earlier seeking permission to embark on the procession.